Callum
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #118 for boys in 2025, 2,995 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 2,995 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,051since 1983
Callum over time
Rank among boys' names. Callum has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #118 | 2,995 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #158 | 2,266 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #221 | 1,645 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #249 | 1,417 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #273 | 1,264 |
| 2020 | — | #336 | 968 | |
| 2019 | — | #449 | 671 | |
| 2018 | — | #558 | 493 | |
| 2017 | — | #608 | 433 | |
| 2016 | — | #706 | 349 | |
| 2015 | — | #685 | 369 | |
| 2014 | — | #732 | 327 | |
| 2013 | — | #782 | 287 | |
| 2012 | — | #807 | 275 | |
| 2011 | — | #846 | 253 | |
| 2010 | — | #845 | 250 | |
| 2009 | — | #879 | 240 | |
| 2008 | — | #974 | 205 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,088 | 168 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,185 | 142 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,411 | 104 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,374 | 105 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,269 | 112 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,514 | 82 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,429 | 87 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,514 | 79 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,531 | 73 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,741 | 58 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,550 | 66 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,500 | 67 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,841 | 47 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,082 | 39 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,834 | 24 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,673 | 11 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Callum! It came in at #5,484, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1988, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Callum is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Hampshire#38 · 1 in 150
- Nebraska#49 · 1 in 220
- Rhode Island#52 · 1 in 184
- Maine#54 · 1 in 202
- Vermont#57 · 1 in 152
Best ever in a state: #22 in Vermont, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #38 | 30 | 1 in 150 |
| Nebraska | #49 | 40 | 1 in 220 |
| Rhode Island | #52 | 17 | 1 in 184 |
| Maine | #54 | 19 | 1 in 202 |
| Vermont | #57 | 8 | 1 in 152 |
| Massachusetts | #59 | 105 | 1 in 257 |
| Idaho | #60 | 32 | 1 in 270 |
| Iowa | #61 | 51 | 1 in 271 |
| Wisconsin | #61 | 87 | 1 in 269 |
| Oregon | #63 | 57 | 1 in 264 |
| District of Columbia | #66 | 12 | 1 in 211 |
| Montana | #66 | 16 | 1 in 235 |
| Colorado | #69 | 87 | 1 in 309 |
| South Dakota | #69 | 16 | 1 in 240 |
| Wyoming | #72 | 6 | 1 in 182 |
| Indiana | #75 | 98 | 1 in 323 |
| Ohio | #77 | 148 | 1 in 355 |
| Utah | #80 | 59 | 1 in 333 |
| Kansas | #82 | 40 | 1 in 351 |
| Washington | #84 | 88 | 1 in 373 |
| Minnesota | #85 | 70 | 1 in 350 |
| Hawaii | #90 | 10 | 1 in 292 |
| Alaska | #94 | 8 | 1 in 284 |
| Pennsylvania | #95 | 134 | 1 in 390 |
| Virginia | #95 | 94 | 1 in 396 |
| Delaware | #101 | 10 | 1 in 295 |
| Oklahoma | #101 | 44 | 1 in 402 |
| North Dakota | #107 | 11 | 1 in 305 |
| North Carolina | #108 | 113 | 1 in 455 |
| Connecticut | #109 | 34 | 1 in 388 |
| Missouri | #114 | 62 | 1 in 449 |
| Maryland | #116 | 50 | 1 in 458 |
| Tennessee | #118 | 79 | 1 in 465 |
| Michigan | #119 | 84 | 1 in 478 |
| Arkansas | #120 | 29 | 1 in 434 |
| West Virginia | #121 | 16 | 1 in 385 |
| Illinois | #127 | 89 | 1 in 557 |
| New Jersey | #147 | 66 | 1 in 603 |
| Kentucky | #149 | 36 | 1 in 570 |
| South Carolina | #151 | 38 | 1 in 558 |
| Arizona | #157 | 56 | 1 in 584 |
| California | #160 | 243 | 1 in 722 |
| Louisiana | #162 | 31 | 1 in 617 |
| Texas | #172 | 217 | 1 in 807 |
| Alabama | #173 | 33 | 1 in 652 |
| Georgia | #178 | 70 | 1 in 717 |
| New York | #188 | 106 | 1 in 796 |
| Florida | #196 | 111 | 1 in 861 |
| Nevada | #201 | 15 | 1 in 753 |
| New Mexico | #236 | 8 | 1 in 813 |
| Mississippi | #259 | 12 | 1 in 903 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Callum
- 40 spots since 2024 (#158 → #118)
- 218 spots since 2020 (#336 → #118)
- 567 spots since 2015 (#685 → #118)
- Biggest jump: 114 spots in 2008 (#1,088 → #974)
- Biggest drop: 21 spots in 2016 (#685 → #706)
- Debuted 1983
- Peaked 2025 at #118 (2,995 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 2008–2025
- Highest: 1 in 570 boys born in 2025 were named Callum (0.18%)
- 65.8% of all boys named Callum (10,555) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 44 | #5,332 (1986) | #5,879 |
| 1990s | 421 | #1,500 (1996) | #2,458 |
| 2000s | 1,324 | #879 (2009) | #1,264 |
| 2010s | 3,707 | #449 (2019) | #702 |
| 2020s | 10,555 | #118 (2025) | #226 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Callum in 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 200,908 of them was named Callum, which outranked 36.9% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
- #10,107Zolah9
- #10,107Zuraya9
- #10,107Zyaira9
- #10,917Callum8
- #10,917Aadhyareddy8
- #10,917Aaila8
- #10,917Aairah8
- #11,932Aalaiyah7
- #11,932Aalina7
- #11,932Aamani7
Tied with 1,014 names at #10,917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 570 of them was named Callum, which outranked 99.2% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.